Coronavirus

Tesla shows a prototype of its ventilator made from EV parts

The governments worldwide have called on automakers and aerospace companies to help acquire or manufacture ventilators and other medical equipment amid the growing number...

Social distancing works: Here’s the Maths

According to Dr. Robin Thompson, a junior research fellow in mathematical epidemiology, social distancing can lessen pass-on rates of COVID-19 generously. His mathematical modeling,...

Coronavirus’s mysterious symptom found

Little is known about COVID-19, and even less is comprehended. Contrasted ominously and improperly with flu and SARS (another coronavirus syndrome), COVID-19 is a...

Yale’s lung fibrosis drug shows promise for treating COVID-19 lung distress

A few years ago, Yale pulmonologist Dr. Naftali Kaminski started developing a drug for lung fibrosis, which now seems effective against specific life-threatening effects...

Coronavirus varied alongside variations in its genome

In a new study, scientists at the University of California, Davis, are trying to establish if genomic variation in the virus is prescient of...

PittCoVacc: Vaccine against COVID-19 shows promise

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have announced a potential vaccine against Coronavirus that shows promise for neutralizing the virus. The medicine...

COVID-19: Lockdown must be maintained for at least 44 days, study

Lockdowns and stay-at-home orders in response to the Covid-19 pandemic have raised an urgent question in peoples’ minds, “How long must these restrictions last?” According...

FDA approves Abbott’s ID NOW test that identifies COVID-19 in 5 minutes

The U.S. pharmaceutical company Abbott claims to have developed a coronavirus test kit that detects if someone is positive or negative for the virus...

Indian scientists imaged novel Coronavirus under a high-powered microscope

The novel Coronavirus, which originated in China late last year, has caused a pandemic across the world. Until now, detailed morphology and ultrastructure of...

UniSA develops pandemic drone to detect Coronavirus in the crowd

We already know the role that drones have played in China during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, either by distributing medicines, disinfecting the...

Novel Coronavirus: What do we need to know?

Many things about Novel Coronavirus are spreading rapidly through social media, WhatsApp, and the Internet. Some of these could be true, but many of...

Shared use of Ventilators is possible, propose scientists

The coronavirus is straining the global health care system, and one piece of lifesaving medical equipment is in particularly scarce supply: mechanical ventilators. In...

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